http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/kabbalah69/?pid=f1031 scribbles from here and there http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1473.html?pid=f1031 wishing you all a happy new yearshalom Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:17:34 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1473.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1450.html?pid=f1031 perhaps you've heard this one.....two yeshiva students are having an argument about a certain topic. the first student goes to the rabbi and explains his point of view. the rabbi listens to the first Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:20:42 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1450.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1449.html?pid=f1031 "religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who've already been there"-unknown Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:10:17 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1449.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1448.html?pid=f1031 (most of the following is from an article By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach)Traditionally known as the Kabbalistic Valentine’s Day, the 15th of Av (August 15th-16th), Tu B’Av,is the one day when there is a com Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:49:40 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1448.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1417.html?pid=f1031 The tiny village of Safed, in the hills of Galilee in present-day Israel, was a wellspring of earning during the golden age of Kabbalah in the 16th century. Of all the great philosophers, Kabbalists Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:14:07 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1417.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1411.html?pid=f1031 The great mystic and Kabbalist known as the Baal Shem Tov [Master of the Good Name] was born in the Ukraine in 1698. During his life, he became known as the Kabbalist of Thieves because many crooks, s Tue, 20 May 2008 06:58:50 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1411.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1403.html?pid=f1031 to me, this story embodies true kabbalah....something was given and something was received. enjoy!-------------------------A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was along trip to where God lived Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:09:52 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1403.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1393.html?pid=f1031 It once happened in Old Russia, that two beggars, a Jew and a Christian, were sitting together in the homeless shelter, comparing notes about when and where to get the best handouts. The Christian, wh Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:28:06 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1393.html?pid=f1031 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1392.html?pid=f1031 Opening prayers:Thanks, G-d, for creating wine. (Drink wine.)Thanks for creating produce. (Eat parsley.)Overview: Once we were slaves in Egypt. Now we're free. That's why we'redoing this.Four question Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:25:33 -0800 http://jewishfriendfinder.com/blog/675/post_1392.html?pid=f1031